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Agriculture, Forestry & Soils:
Field crops, grasses, plant fibers, spices, tree crops, herbs

- What types of spectrometers are used specifically in drug testing?

- How was corn domesticated?

- What is the Green Revolution?

Forestry

- How do temperate rainforests differ from tropical rainforests?

- How would you research the best way to design an environmentally friendly town center? I am a teacher planning a project for an environmental science class. The town center would include a movie theatre, stores, restaurants, a park and an art center.

General

- What is "precision agriculture"?

- What is the Green Revolution?

Plant breeding

- What is the Green Revolution?

Soil/crop practices

- What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

Soils

- Assuming that Fuel Cell automobiles are the most likely candidates to replace the internal combustion engine, can our forests reduce the CO and CO2 in our atmosphere, or is it too little - too late?
Sample questions from Q & A:

Physics
Q: Could we tell if left and right were reversed and we were in a looking-glass universe?

A: Yes—but it's not easy!

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Chemistry
Q: What is ouch-ouch or itai-itai disease?

A: Itai-itai translated from Japanese is literally "ouch-ouch." It refers to a syndrome that principally consists of a painful skeletal condition resulting from weak and deformed bones.

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Bioscience
Q: What is the role of myeloma proteins in the immune system?

A: Myeloma proteins are immunoglobulins, or antibodies, made by the malignant cells in multiple myeloma, a tumor of activated B lymphocytes. They are exactly the same as normal antibodies, but they represent a huge overproduction of only one of the many millions of possible antibodies.

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